Livermore, Kentucky

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Livermore, Kentucky
settlement_type = City
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map_caption = Location of Livermore, Kentucky


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Kentucky
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = McLean
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area_total_km2 = 2.7
area_land_km2 = 2.7
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population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1482
population_density_km2 = 555.3
population_density_sq_mi = 1438.1

timezone = Central (CST)
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elevation_m = 124
elevation_ft = 407
latd = 37 |latm = 29 |lats = 28 |latNS = N
longd = 87 |longm = 8 |longs = 7 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 42352
area_code = 270
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blank_info = 21-47062
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Livermore is a city in McLean County in the U.S. state of Kentucky, at the confluence of the Green and Rough Rivers. The population was 1,482 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Owensboro, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is named for pioneer James Livermore. [cite book |title="Encyclopedia of Kentucky" |chapter=Dictionary of Places: Livermore |publisher=Somerset Publishers |location=New York, New York |year=1987 |isbn=0403099811]

Geography

Livermore is located at coor dms|37|29|28|N|87|8|7|W|city (37.490987, -87.135340)GR|1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.0 square miles (2.7 km²), all of it land.

Opera House Lynching

Livermore achieved national and international notoriety in the second decade of the twentieth century for one of the more bizarre public lynchings in American history. In April, 1911, Will Porter, a black man, allegedly shot and killed a white man in a barroom fight. Fearing a lynch mob, the sheriff hid Porter in the basement of a the local theatre, but he was discovered and dragged upstairs to the stage by an angry crowd. The organizers of the lynching then charged admission and allowed armed patrons to open fire from their seats on the hapless prisoner, who was bound in the center of the stage. [Bangor (Me.) Daily Commercial, Apr. 27, 1911 (reprinted from "New York Times"); W. Fitzhugh Brundage, "Under Sentence of Death: Lynching in the South" (Chapel Hill: U. of North Carolina Press, 1997), p. 251; Jacqueline Goldsby, "A Spectacular Secret: Lynching in American Life and Literature" (Chicago: U. of Chicago Press, 2006), p. 227]

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 1,482 people, 614 households, and 405 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,438.1 people per square mile (555.5/km²). There were 667 housing units at an average density of 647.3/sq mi (250.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.98% White, 0.07% African American, 0.13% Native American, 0.07% Asian, 0.81% from other races, and 0.94% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.75% of the population.

There were 614 households out of which 33.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.7% were married couples living together, 15.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.9% were non-families. 30.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the city the population was spread out with 27.1% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 25.0% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 88.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $23,086, and the median income for a family was $27,404. Males had a median income of $25,083 versus $19,583 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,049. About 18.0% of families and 18.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.0% of those under age 18 and 16.2% of those age 65 or over.

References

External links

* [http://www.cityoflivermore.net City of Livermore Website]